hi Tony thanks for the advice. what would I look for to have gone wrong, and how could I fix them? cheers Farran
On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 15:21 +0100, Tony Travis wrote: > Farran Lee wrote: > > hi everyone > > this is something I put on the ubuntu forums: > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=460168 Just thought I could > > post it here aswell... > > > > > > > > hi people > > I recently upgraded from 6.10 to 7.06. Upgrade seemed to run smoothly. > > However, when I rebooted, I had the Busybox error - one that most of you > > have probably come across at some point, as I discovered while scanning > > the forums. The error was something like: Code: > > > > can't access tty: job control turned off. > [...] > > Hello, Farran. > > You sometimes end up running Busybox when the module libraries for e.g. > ext3 are not accessible to the kernel you've just booted. This means > that no ext3 filesystems can be mounted by the kernel you're running! > > One thing I've discovered the hard way is that the Ubuntu installer does > not always get it right unless you install to the first hard drive... > > I recomment booting the 'live' CD to find out what has gone wrong, > because it's a lot easier to use than last-ditch attempts to bring your > system back using busybox (good though Busybox as a last resort!). > > Best wishes, > > Tony. > -- > Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Rowett Research Institute, | http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt > Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 > Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK. | fax:+44 (0)1224 716687 > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
